State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,676 Washington births in 1934 across 489 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Washington more than they say America.

#22Sharon#150 nationally
#79Karenoutside the national top 200
#49Pat#162 nationally
#88Claudiaoutside the national top 200
#95Colleenoutside the national top 200
#98Daveoutside the national top 200
#67Delbert#163 nationally
#76Maureen#171 nationally
#46Dick#138 nationally
#97Ronnie#179 nationally
#45Diane#124 nationally
#66Darrell#140 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara404US #3
#2Mary361US #1
#3Patricia306US #6
#4Shirley298US #4
#5Joan238US #7
#6Betty228US #2
#7Donna195US #23
#8Carol190US #14
#9Janet182US #21
#10Marilyn180US #17
#11Beverly171US #22
#12Dorothy159US #5
#13Nancy151US #10
#14Joanne138US #45
#15Joyce136US #12
#16Margaret133US #8
#17Lois107US #20
#18Jean104US #16
#19Darlene103US #90
#20Helen103US #9
#21Marlene101US #57
#22Sharon94US #150
#23Virginia93US #15
#24Arlene88US #53
#25Sally88US #62
#26Dolores87US #26
#27Marjorie85US #41
#28Doris79US #11
#29Frances79US #19
#30Ruth79US #13
#31Phyllis78US #28
#32Gloria74US #30
#33Carolyn71US #33
#34Joann71US #50
#35Alice68US #25
#36Evelyn65US #29
#37Janice63US #68
#38Geraldine58US #43
#39Carole57US #89
#40Delores57US #51
#41Norma57US #24
#42Bonnie53US #58
#43June49US #46
#44Ann48US #32
#45Diane48US #124
#46Charlotte46US #72
#47Marie45US #34
#48Elizabeth44US #18
#49Pat44US #162
#50Louise43US #40
#51Kathleen42US #74
#52Sylvia40US #70
#53Eleanor39US #44
#54Loretta39US #83
#55Lorraine39US #56
#56Roberta39US #104
#57Kathryn38US #108
#58Peggy37US #36
#59Sandra37US #93
#60Florence36US #61
#61Elaine35US #54
#62Jacqueline35US #80
#63Jeanette35US #106
#64Marian35US #97
#65Pauline35US #71
#66Audrey34US #69
#67Ellen34US #95
#68Judith34US #94
#69Jeanne32US #131
#70Jo32US #75
#71Patsy32US #59
#72Anne31US #88
#73Anna30US #31
#74Juanita30US #64
#75Laura30US #96
#76Maureen29US #171
#77Mildred29US #35
#78Grace28US #79
#79Karen28
#80Vivian28US #98
#81Edna27US #55
#82Irene27US #49
#83Rose27US #37
#84Wanda27US #47
#85Yvonne27US #137
#86Jane26US #48
#87Margie26US #103
#88Claudia25
#89Edith25US #81
#90Esther25US #91
#91Gladys25US #66
#92Joy25US #152
#93Martha25US #27
#94Marion24US #86
#95Colleen23
#96Gail23US #164
#97Maxine23US #114
#98Viola23US #142
#99Catherine22US #42
#100Charlene22US #151

Boys

#1Robert578US #1
#2Richard446US #5
#3James439US #2
#4Donald414US #6
#5John377US #3
#6William343US #4
#7Ronald249US #11
#8Jack209US #17
#9David198US #12
#10Charles192US #7
#11Kenneth175US #15
#12George169US #8
#13Gary144US #60
#14Gerald138US #22
#15Jerry125US #25
#16Frank111US #16
#17Dale110US #62
#18Larry109US #43
#19Edward108US #13
#20Don102US #50
#21Thomas98US #9
#22Paul93US #14
#23Bill90US #59
#24Harold82US #18
#25Bob78US #75
#26Norman75US #38
#27Gordon71US #71
#28Jim70US #90
#29Fred69US #33
#30Lawrence69US #34
#31Raymond67US #19
#32Walter66US #21
#33Wayne66US #48
#34Roger65US #39
#35Arthur64US #29
#36Harry62US #36
#37Joseph62US #10
#38Carl61US #28
#39Michael61US #47
#40Bruce58US #78
#41Ralph58US #31
#42Roy56US #35
#43Douglas55US #72
#44Howard54US #37
#45Clifford53US #85
#46Dick53US #138
#47Eugene53US #24
#48Earl51US #41
#49Melvin50US #55
#50Stanley50US #58
#51Dennis49US #95
#52Albert48US #32
#53Duane47US #104
#54Marvin47US #44
#55Gene44US #67
#56Daniel43US #42
#57Ray43US #63
#58Dean42US #118
#59Joe42US #26
#60Edwin40US #80
#61Leonard39US #53
#62Tom38US #112
#63Peter37US #61
#64Vernon37US #89
#65Glen36US #120
#66Darrell34US #140
#67Delbert34US #163
#68Lloyd34US #82
#69Lee33US #79
#70Ernest32US #51
#71Philip32US #69
#72Clarence31US #45
#73Keith31US #125
#74Louis31US #40
#75Leroy30US #54
#76Allen29US #88
#77Floyd28US #73
#78Henry28US #27
#79Ted28US #146
#80Arnold27US #105
#81Herbert27US #57
#82Warren27US #96
#83Franklin26US #46
#84Theodore26US #74
#85Jimmy25US #56
#86Alfred24US #64
#87Frederick24US #77
#88Glenn24US #81
#89Neil24US #153
#90Wallace24US #129
#91Clyde23US #84
#92Alan22US #124
#93Dan22US #154
#94Harvey22US #99
#95Patrick22US #109
#96Wesley22US #142
#97Ronnie21US #179
#98Dave20
#99Leslie20US #134
#100Lester20US #110

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑32Dennis#51
↑31Michael#39
↑26Jeanette#63
↑26Gordon#27
↑24Tom#62
↑23Carole#39
↑22Lawrence#30
↑21Roger#34

Falling

↓35Irene#82
↓33Marion#94
↓29Glenn#88
↓27Jacqueline#62
↓27Laura#75
↓27Yvonne#85
↓23Theodore#84
↓23Patrick#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.